Auvergnat : cf. note, Dao ke

» 10. du bien, ‘some property,’ ‘land.’ Auvergne is a winegrowing district, and the Auvergnat wanted to buy a vineyard.

» 16. rébus : see note, p. 291 r2.

47. 1. ne vint: craindre governs the subjunctive, as je crains qu'il ne vienne, ‘1 fear he will come’; and the force of the verb is here attributed to the noun crainte, as in the expression de crainte qu’il ne vienne, ‘ for fear lest he come.’

Notice the use of redundant #e when the whole sentence 1s affirmative.

»» 19. bals de barrières : balls held in low dancing-saloons situated near the gates. Cf. note, p. 41 1. PE

. QU'il: gue refers to l'entrée.

Notes IOI Page LINE 47. 29. il ne se croyait pas le droit : Le. {/ ne croyait Pas avoir

le droit, ‘he aid not consider he had the right.

48. 9. louis: à gold coin, formerly worth 24 francs, now worth 20, also called Zuis d ‘or. The name Was given to the coin when first struck in the reign of Louis XIIL, &s it bore on One side the name and head of that king. In the new Monetary system the louis has been replaced by the 20-franc Piece, but the name is still sometimes used,

» 12. à moins que, ‘unless,’ governs the subjunctive, which is Preceded by the particle ne. Cf. de crainte que and de peur que.

» 23. Empereur: i.e. Napoléon Bonaparte, Emperor 1804-14, died in 1821. Cf. P. 491 15.

un gros vieux . . : evidently Louis XVIIL, 1815-24. Cf. P. 49 1 rs.

25. Philippe: Louis-Philippe, Surnamed ‘Je roi citoyen," was born in 1773, Was king of the French 1830-48, and died in 1850. Cf. p. 49 L 15.

» 26. m' this wo is only used fcr emphasis.

” 30. dans la malle: the money was in Savinien's Waistcoat, which had been found in his trunk.